At that time, she had spoken of the difficulties she faced every day in looking after her husband Zaoui, and had said: “I am 57 but I feel like I am 80. This is still killing me, 20 years after the bomb.”

Daughter Rajaa – whose brother and sister were also injured in the Canary Wharf bomb – said it is thought that her mother may have died of a heart ailment.

She had been unwell for some time.

She is buried in England, but Rajaa and other family members are now heading to Morocco to mourn with Gemma’s relatives this weekend.

The Canary Wharf bomb exploded on February 9, 1996, bringing the IRA’s 1994 ceasefire to an end.

IRA man James McArdle was convicted of conspiracy to cause explosions and sentenced to 25 years, but was later granted a Royal Pardon (officially known as a Royal Prerogative of Mercy).

He was freed from jail in 2000.

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